[Verse 1]
When the fever broke our tired bones
It's  a heavy burden to bear but we know
It's  the way that the world turns
It's hungry ghost singing lullabies
Left paralyzed, call it starvation or monetary warfare

[Chorus]
The  sound heard from the bell tower
Surely  it was not the stroke of nine
If the gods have all turned their backs on us
We'll  answer our own prayers this time

[Verse 2]
To the whipping post we will not go
It’s a heavy burden to bear but we know
It’s the way that the world turns
That  shits bananas a parasite
Drinking pesticides all desiccated in the sun

[Chorus]
The sound heard from the bell tower
Surely it was not the stroke of nine
If the gods have all turned their backs on us
We'll answer our own prayers this time